Dr Mark Greenwood has been promoted from technical director to general manager of JK Lasers and he will be responsible for all of the company's worldwide operations.
Based at the JK Lasers headquarters in Rugby, England Greenwood will oversee the company’s manufacturing facilities in the UK and Suzhou, China, as well as the worldwide sales and service organisation.
Greenwood said: ‘I’m really pleased to have this opportunity to take JK Lasers to the next level as a supplier of next generation laser-based cutting, welding and drilling solutions.’
Greenwood joined JK Lasers in 2003 as technical director and has led the company’s change into a fibre laser supplier based upon its own technology. He previously worked as managing director of Spectron Laser Systems, a supplier of Nd:YAG lasers for scientific, industrial and medical applications.